Coin-tray



(No Model.)

0. E. HOWE.

OOIN TRAY.

No. 363,239. F4 1, Patented May 1'7, 1887.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed March 24, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAEENoE EMERSON HOWE, of Marlborough, in the county of Mid dleseX, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coin-Trays; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 an end elevation, Fig. 3 a longitudinal section, Fig. 4 a transverse section, and Fig. 5 a bottom view,of an article provided with my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claim hereinafter presented.

Heretofore coin-trays have been made which are provided with a series of pockets formedin their upper surfaces adapted to hold a predetermined number of coins of a given size upon their edges, also, a block has been provided with a series of open-ended troughs or grooves having a scale or index at the sides upon the partition walls, and an assorter sized coins into the different troughs has been ing a hole of a size corresponding to the size of the coin has been arranged at the lower ends of the troughs. While such devices have their particular use, they are comparatively expensive and inconvenient; and it is the object of myinventiontoproduceacoin-tray thatshall be simple, cheap, and effective, and adapted to hold various amounts of coins, and to readily indicate the number of each at any time.

To this end my invention consists in a tray consisting, essentially, of a block or piece of wood having grooves upon its upper surface, the ends of the grooves being closed by thin strips of wood, one arranged to project below the bottom of the board to form a foot or support for the same and to give the tray an inclination, and the other arranged across the other end of the grooves and projecting slightly above the upper surface of the same to form a better support for the coin in the grooves.

In the drawings, A is the body of the tray, having a series of parallel grooves, a, b, c, d,

Patent No. 363,239, dated May 17,1887.

Serial No. 125,299. (No model.)

6, f, and g, each semicircular in its transverse section and of a diameter corresponding to the kind of coin to be received by it. On the surface of the ridge or partition between the grooves is a scale or index, S, showing the number of coins that may be within the grooves when laid therein upon their edges and their sides in contact with each other.

The groove a is intended to hold silver dollars, the groove 1) half-dollars, and so on, the number and size of the grooves depending upon the special use to be made of the tray.

Across one end of the tray is a continuous or unbroken strip, e, of wood or similar material, which serves to close the upper end of the grooves, and which projects below the bottom of the tray and forms a foot, elevating the rear of the tray, so as to support it in an inclined position upon the table or counter, in order that the coins in the grooves will normally keep in their proper position with their faces in contact with each other. A similar continuous strip, Z, is placed across the tray at the other end of the grooves and projects somewhat above the surface of the tray to better hold the coins in position and keep them from tilting or falling outward.

The sides of the tray are provided with notches k, to enableit to be more readily taken hold of in lifting.

It will thus be seen that I produce a very simple and convenient tray that is inexpensive and well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended, as the coins are held in the most convenient position for use, and so that they will not be liable to slip out of place.

Any number of coins may be removed at a time, and a single glance will determine the number remaining in the tray.

The device, being simple,can be very cheaply constructed. For instance, the tray may be' made from inch or inch-and-a-half' stuff and the strips from half-inch stuff without further preparation than to cut the tray and strips to the required size and groove the said tray and properly secure the parts together.

I clain1 As a new article of manufacture, the coinholder herein described, consisting of a tray inclined position and the other extending formed of a blook' having a, series of continuabovethetray-to support-the coin, substanous grooves of various sizes, with an indioattiaily as described.

ing-scale for each groove, the ends of the CLARENCE EMERSON HOWE. 5 grooves being closed by continuous or un- Witnesses:

broken strips, one of which extends below the R. H. EDDY,

bottom of the tray to support the same in an E. B. PRATT. 

